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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Nadeem Badshah

Claire van Kampen, theatre director and composer, dies aged 71

Mark Rylance and Claire van Kampen attending the Olivier awards in 2017
Mark Rylance and Claire van Kampen attending the Olivier awards in 2017. Photograph: Chris J Ratclife/PA

The director and composer Claire van Kampen, the wife of the actor Mark Rylance, has died at the age of 71 after being diagnosed with cancer.

She died in the central German town of Kassel surrounded by her family on Saturday morning, a statement shared on behalf of Rylance and her daughter Juliet said. Saturday also marked Rylance’s 65th birthday.

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